Pope Francis has died at the age of 88.
Was there ever an apology to Indian Country? Doctrine of Discovery rescinded?
The sad, surreal visit of an apologetic Pope
https://blog.americanindianadoptees.com/2022/07/the-sad-surreal-visit-of-apologetic-pope.html
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One last thing:
CATHOLIC WEALTH
So exactly how much is the Vatican worth? It's hard to say. The Catholic Church has a history of opacity about its finances, something Cardinal Pell says is slowly changing.
And much of its assets are near impossible to value because they will never be sold off, such as its gold-laden palatial church property and priceless works of art by the likes of Michelangelo and Raphael.
It also owns a global network of churches and religious buildings, many of which contain precious historical treasures, serving the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
What we do know is that Vatican Bank, officially titled the Institute for the Works of Religion, manages €5.9bn ($7.3bn, £4.64bn) of assets on behalf of its 17,400 customers. And it manages €700m of equity which it owns. Another titbit to emerge is that it keeps gold reserves worth over $20m with the US Federal Reserve.
The bank has been caught up in a number of scandals in the past, including the funding of priests caught up in sex abuse allegations and of money laundering for the Mafia and former Nazis.
Vatican discovers hundreds of millions of euros off balance sheet
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